|
printable version
- js reader version
- view hidden posts
- tags and related articles
by Kirsten Anderberg
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:06 AM
sheelanagig@juno.com seattle, was
Why aren't buses free? They benefit auto drivers most, they should pay for them.
As I sat on a bus today, inching along in traffic, it became clear to me that all buses should be free. People who ride buses are providing a public service. To charge money to ride the bus is insane. Bus riders are REDUCING TRAFFIC CONGESTION for the one person per car overload on our streets and freeways. Bus riders ARE REDUCING POLLUTION. Bus riders are using considerably LESS GAS, and many buses are run on electricity, not Middle Eastern oil. According to statistics, 3% of the population rides buses. A way to increase the number would be to make buses FREE.
I propose a tax be added to auto licensing fees, car sales taxes, etc. to subsidize the bus systems. If cars insist on clogging the roads to a point where the traffic is impenetrable, the sky is hazy, and the gas is priced sky-high, then they need to be willing to PAY anyone willing to ride a bus. So they can continue to clog streets and guzzle gas, sitting in their cars alone. It is time to make the people driving cars, pay outright, for the traffic-reducing, pollution-reducing, gas-conserving buses, not the bus riders.
www.kanderberg.blogspot.com
Report this post as:
LATEST COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE
Listed below are the 10 latest comments of 33 posted about this article.
These comments are anonymously submitted by the website visitors.
TITLE |
AUTHOR |
DATE |
yer right |
kg |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 3:19 AM |
Why stop there? |
Steve |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 10:50 AM |
cars |
Car Hater |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:15 PM |
Ever wondered why... |
Sheepdog |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:27 PM |
Car Hating Jackass |
Ignatius |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:29 PM |
Solar powered rail lines |
question |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:40 PM |
well, question... |
Sheepdog |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:43 PM |
Ignatius the village provincial |
Car Hater |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 2:59 PM |
Typical |
fresca |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 3:27 PM |
Car Hating Jackass Deux |
Ignatius |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 3:35 PM |
there is a problem |
Sheepdog |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 3:45 PM |
Sheepdog |
fresca |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 4:15 PM |
come on, fresca... |
javier |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 4:38 PM |
I love cars |
auto |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 4:53 PM |
Message Must be from a two-year-old |
Car Hater |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 5:54 PM |
I love cars |
auto |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 6:02 PM |
My problem? |
Car Hater |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 6:16 PM |
Car Hater |
nonanarchist |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 6:21 PM |
I love cars |
auto |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 6:34 PM |
Something else will come along |
Car Hater |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 7:18 PM |
I Love My Independence |
Car Worshiper |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 7:36 PM |
Car Hater |
sdfjsdj |
Friday, Oct. 03, 2003 at 7:58 PM |
Well |
fresca |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 5:02 AM |
insane taxation |
Taxed |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 8:53 AM |
Taxed |
American People |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 9:59 AM |
another pig |
slurping at the trouth |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 10:21 AM |
I work and pay taxes. |
American People |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 10:32 AM |
not very bright are you? |
Taxed |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 10:36 AM |
Taxed |
American People |
Saturday, Oct. 04, 2003 at 10:42 AM |
Bus |
Brux |
Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2003 at 10:08 PM |
Simple, actually |
Nelson |
Wednesday, Oct. 08, 2003 at 11:10 PM |
Give your head a shake |
Niteshade |
Friday, May. 14, 2004 at 3:20 PM |
|
|
|